The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted opportunities—and gaps—in post-secondary education. The impact of the pandemic will continue to be felt over several years as instructors and students shift from emergency remote teaching and learning toward more stable and intentional pedagogical environments. Time and continuous reflection will highlight which pandemic-driven practices we want to pursue long-term and which to leave behind.
Our report on trends in higher education summarizes the challenges, opportunities and data that are recurrent in today’s conversations about reimagining the future of post-secondary education. These trends were drawn from a wide range of academic and non-academic publications from global and local perspectives.
Overall, these trends provide ample inspiration for Carleton in terms of ways we can shape the future of teaching and learning to promote student and faculty success and meaningful community impact.